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You won't find it on Fifth Avenue, at the Galleria, on Rodeo Drive or in a suburban shopping mall. You can't eat it, wear it or smell it.
But you can experience it. ExperienceSeniorPower.com, that is: the computer learning program the Associated Press says "links generations, rather than divides them."
ExperienceSeniorPower.com's newest offering, ESP@ Home, is this year's hottest holiday gift for senior citizens and it could land you in the "Holiday Gift Hall of Fame."
ESP@ Home helps seniors master computers, dive headfirst into the Internet and get the health and social services they need - right in the comfort and safety of their own homes, with the help of grandkids, nieces and nephews.
Thousands of seniors have signed on coast to coast.
"We are the only national program that teaches seniors computer skills and the joys of cyberspace by pairing them with young people," said Tony Fama, founder and president of the five-year-old Internet education program.
For only $49.99 a year, seniors get online access, a 180-page largeprint workbook and links to more than 850 discounted products (mostly home health care items). Sign up by December 31 and you get a free family portrait from JCPenney.
With ESP@ Home, seniors surf the Net, create online autobiographies and photo albums, take part in cyber chats about politics and health care, and stay in touch with relatives and friends.
Wadia Bajoka is a 71-year-old Iraqi immigrant living outside of Detroit who never went near a computer until two months ago. Now she works on the ESP@ Home curriculum with her 17-year-old granddaughter, and plays computer solitaire.
World War II veteran John Granieri, 82, of San Antonio scanned family photos and posted his autobiography online with the help of his 25-year-old granddaughter.
"What better way to show grandma and grandpa you care than to give them the gift of computer literacy and the sense of freedom and adventure it brings?" Fama said.
Recent studies prove that computer use among people 65 and older jumped nearly 50 percent in the past four years. ESP@ Home is perfect for this burgeoning population of "cyber seniors."
To give this unique holiday gift, visit www.experiencesenior power.com and click on ESP@ Home. - NU |
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